It can be difficult to carry materials innovation from discovery through commercialization, as it requires people at every level of the supply chain to take risks ...

Most life on Earth is based on polymers of 20 amino acids that have evolved into hundreds of thousands of different, highly specialized proteins. They catalyze reactions, form backbone and muscle and ...

Biodegradable polymers are a type of polymer that exists both naturally and can be synthesized in laboratories. This special class of polymer is broken down naturally by microbial processes to produce ...

Antiviral polymers are materials made of repeating molecular subunits that have broad-spectrum effects against several viruses. They have attracted research interest over the years and shown potential ...

A wide variety of polymer materials — such as bulk phases, blends, block copolymer microphases, liquid crystals, gels, micellar assemblies, colloidal dispersions and layer-by-layer assemblies — are ...